August 23, 2013

The B Project: Phase 1

(Note: Photos are not ready yet, I expect to upload them tomorrow. Sorry)

Hello everyone! Last project was about cranes, but now I'm getting into water. Yes. I'm building a boat. Actually this projects in going to divide into several phases. 


This first phase consists in a small boat built brick by brick, as you can see in the photos below, and it has got just a single PF Medium geared up, with a 1:1.6 gear ratio. To make move the boat I've used a big propeller with 3 blades, wich works pretty well. Flotability it's OK but sometimes water floods part of the floor (Black and upper light grey layers shown in the photos below). To solve this problem I'll problably add some more bricks at the edge of the floor to block the water.


My idea is to have 2 motors in the final boat instead of 1, this will double power and make steering possible using tracked vehicles steering system. Also the whole size will be bigger, as the hull. Finally I'll use big propellers again because the small ones don't displace enough water.

I don't know how many time this will take, I expect to progress soon , but I need to buy the recheargeable battery box to reduce wheight, and I need also to have another big propeller because I only have one.


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